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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yeah 20 wins was a pretty big exaggeration - but the pullpen wasn't great in April and June which didn't help things.
Management probably should have added more bullpen depth but Cecil & Storen just were terrible and those were your two guys who were supposed to be your best pullpen arms - bullpens are just voodoo.
April: 0-8 / 4.10 ERA (20) / 63.2 IP
May: 7-6 / 3.54 ERA (13) / 73.2 IP
June: 1-4 / 5.47 ERA (28) / 72.1 IP
July: 4-4 / 3.42 ERA (14) / 79.0 IP
Aug: 6-4 / 3.38 ERA (6) / 85.1 IP
Sept: 6-6 / 4.80 ERA (25) / 90.0 IP
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Originally Posted by Cappy
This is the important part.
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Except didn't we knowingly take a chance on Storen because he was cheap and declining and we were hoping he'd find his way again? And if that's true then therefor couldn't you say that we kind of got what we paid for rather than got bad luck?